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Our 270 plus barristers offer legal representation and advice across the UK from six locations: London, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Oxford and Winchester.

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    March Employment Law Newsletter - out now!

    Welcome to our employment law team’s March newsletter, edited by Joseph England, featuring analysis from Joseph, Gareth Graham, Colin McDevitt and Matthew Curtis on the following cases:
    - Kau Media Group Ltd v Hart [2025] EWHC 553 (KB)
    - Gourlay v West Dunbartonshire Council [2025] EAT 29
    - W v Highways England and others, 18th February 2025, [2025] EAT 18, Lord Fairley
    - Kostrova v McDermott International INC and CB&I UK Ltd, 13th March 2025, [2025] EAT 35, Lord Fairley
    - Kamphues v Venator Materials UK Ltd, 19th March 2025, [2025] EAT 30, HHJ Tayler
    - Kinch v Compassion in World Farming International, 26th March 2025, [2025] EAT 41, Lord Fairley
    - Impact Recruitment Services Ltd v Korpysa [2025] EAT 22

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    Gareth Graham appointed to the ECB's Cricket Discipline Panel

    The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has appointed fourteen new members to its Cricket Discipline Panel (CDP). Among the new appointees is Gareth Graham, who has extensive experience of chairing sports disciplinary hearings (including for the Rugby Football Union, World Rugby, The Football Association, the British Horseracing Authority and British Cycling), as well as expertise in employment and sports law generally, with a particular focus on whistleblowing, safeguarding and discrimination cases. The CDP is...

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    Emily Hayward to speak at International Future Barrister Mentorship event

    3PB Barristers’ (3 Paper Buildings) civil law pupil barrister Emily Hayward is speaking today (25 March) at a panel event on "The Bar for International Students", hosted by International Future Barrister Mentorship. The event, which will take place at the Inner Temple and on Zoom, will offer prospective pupils the opportunity to hear from barristers with international backgrounds about their journeys to the Bar in the UK and what advice they would offer having taken the leap....

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    3PB celebrates Silks Day for Jodie Mittell KC

    Barristers and staff from 3PB’s six national offices joined together today to celebrate the new silk status of Jodie Mittell KC (pictured here outside 3 Paper Buildings in London with her clerks Stuart Pringle and Lee Giles). Liz McGrath KC, Head of Chambers at 3PB, said ‘‘I would like to congratulate Jodie on her well-deserved appointment to Kings Counsel. This is a very special day for Jodie and us, and to be able to come...

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Events & Seminars

  • The Terminally Ill Adults End of Life Bill – can the proposed law be applied practically and ethically CRO

    The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill – can the proposed law be applied practically and ethically? on Zoom - 1 April 11am

    Date: Tuesday 1st Apr 2025
    Time: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Venue: On Zoom

    As the End of Life Bill is making its way through Parliament, you are invited to join 3PB's Court of Protection team for a discussion about the legislation thus far on Tuesday 1 April at 11am on Zoom. Chaired by Stephen Wildblood KC, our panel will include 3PB Court of Protection barristers Jim Hirschmann and Jennifer Kotilaine as well as Dr Ben Wildblood, consultant geriatrician at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and…

  • EVENTBRITE Private Law Children and Financial Remedies Conference

    3PB Family's Third Annual Private Law Children and Financial Remedies Conference

    Date: Thursday 10th Apr 2025
    Time: 8:45 am - 4:45 pm
    Venue: The ICC 8 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 2EA

    THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT. Please add yourself to our waiting list using the REGISTER button above.  3PB's Family Law Group invite you to our third annual full-day Private Law Children & Financial Remedies Conference on Thursday 10th April 2025 at The ICC, Centenary Square, Birmingham. We are pleased to announce our keynote speaker is Mrs Justice Lieven, Justice of the High Court of England and Wales assigned to the Family Division. We are…

  • Featuring a book launch with a panel for Christopher Whelans book launch

    Oxford drinks reception - 'Lawyers on trial' by Christopher Whelan

    Date: Thursday 15th May 2025
    Time: 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
    Venue: Saïd Business School (Classroom 1 and the Club Room)

    Christopher Whelan and guests will discuss highlights from the second edition of ‘Lawyers on Trial’ followed by a drinks reception. There will be an opportunity to network after the panel, with drinks and canapés provided.

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    Religious and philosophical belief: lessons from Higgs v Farmor’s School

    Date: Thursday 29th May 2025
    Time: 12:15 pm - 1:45 pm
    Venue: 3PB Bristol Chambers, Royal Talbot House, 2 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6BN

    You are invited to attend this in-person seminar by 3PB's Employment and Education Law Teams. Specialist Employment and Education law barristers Charlotte Hadfield and Naomi Webber will speak about the recent Court of Appeal judgment in Higgs v Farmor’s School, which focuses on expressions of religious and philosophical beliefs by employees in and out of the workplace. Naomi and Charlotte will analyse the legal implications of the judgment, including how direct discrimination interrelates with human…

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